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Ballyhea Says No is a protest movement based in the north County Cork townland and parish of Ballyhea. Each week after 11 AM Sunday Mass,〔 and since Sunday 6 March 2011 (the weekend after the general election that overturned years of Fianna Fáil rule and brought a Fine Gael-Labour coalition to power), residents protest against the continuing bailout of unidentified bondholders by the Irish state. A prominent spokesperson for the movement is the sportswriter Diarmuid O'Flynn—creator of the (Bondwatch blog ) in which he documents bank bailout payments as they happen. Among those to have offered their public support for the ideals of the movement are the economists Constantin Gurdgiev and Stephen Kinsella,〔 as well a numerous other public figures.〔〔〔〔 ==History== On 1 November 2011, members of the protest movement created a human roadblock on the main Cork-Limerick road against the following day's payment of a US$1 billion Anglo Irish Bank bond. In May 2012, the Fine Gael TD Áine Collins stirred controversy when she claimed at a private meeting with people representing the movement (also her constituents) that she found it difficult to live on €140,000 a year. On 18 September 2012, the people of Ballyhea arrived at Leinster House in Dublin where they met with Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty. Independent TDs John Halligan and Luke 'Ming' Flanagan marched along with them through Dublin. On 27 January 2013, the people of Ballyhea held their 100th march. On 27 March 2013, protestors from Ballyhea and neighbouring Charleville arrived in Brussels to meet members of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs committee, including chairman Sharon Bowles. On 2 March 2014, Diarmuid O'Flynn announced at a march to mark the third anniversary of the campaign that he would run as a South constituency candidate in the 2014 European Parliament election. In addition, marches have been held in solidarity throughout Ireland, as far away as Falcarragh in County Donegal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ballyhea Says No」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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